10 Films That Wanted To Be Alien
7. Without Warning
A time capsule of vintage pleasure, Without Warning stars two future Oscar winners (Jack Palance and Martin Landau), was shot by Dean Cundey (Halloween, Back To The Future) and prefigures Predator to the extent that it casts the same actor, Kevin Peter Hall, as an alien that arrives on Earth to hunt human prey.
Budgetary restraints mean that the movie’s antagonist isn’t as impressive as the Predator, but if you can put aside his unfortunate resemblance to Megamind, there’s fun to be had watching him stalk his victims. His arsenal includes slimy missiles that attach themselves to their human targets and suck the life out of their bodies, allowing him to mount the corpses in his lair as trophies.
The low budget means that his “lair” looks more like someone’s garden shed, and director Greydon Clark (who gave us the immortal Satan’s Cheerleaders) makes sure that one of the victims is a bikinied Playmate, but if you like B grade escapism, put this on your viewing list.
CSI fans will definitely want to check it out – David Caruso makes his movie debut as one of the victims.